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General Phan Van Giang and SAGAR’s Founder and CEO Nikunj Parashar |
During the meeting, the Vietnamese defense leader affirmed that based on the traditional friendship and Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between Vietnam and India, bilateral defense cooperation has continued to grow stronger, including cooperation between Vietnamese defense units and enterprises and their Indian counterparts.
General Giang highly appreciated SAGAR Defense Engineering’s technological capabilities in developing autonomous and unmanned systems, including autonomous naval systems, unmanned surface vessels, unmanned aerial vehicles, and its cooperation experience with the Indian Navy through defense innovation programs.
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General Phan Van Giang talking with SAGAR’s Founder and CEO Nikunj Parashar |
Given Vietnam’s long coastline, the Vietnamese Defense Minister said the country considers enhancing maritime surveillance and sovereignty protection, combating maritime crime, and improving disaster response and search-and-rescue capabilities as major priorities. In this context, the application of autonomous and unmanned technologies could make important contributions to improving operational effectiveness. Vietnam, therefore, hopes defense technology companies, such as SAGAR will expand cooperation through appropriate forms and areas of collaboration.
For his part, Nikunj Parashar said SAGAR Defense Engineering, established in 2015, specializes in developing autonomous and unmanned systems for national security operations across maritime, aerial, underwater, and land domains. He expressed the company’s desire to cooperate with Vietnam’s Ministry of National Defense in exchanging experience and new defense technologies, adding that SAGAR would send a delegation to participate in the Vietnam Defense Expo 2026.
General Giang said that Vietnam’s defense agencies would continue discussions on cooperation needs and capabilities in the coming period, expressing hope that SAGAR would become an important partner in applying advanced technologies to enhance Vietnam’s defense capabilities and maritime security protection.
Reported by The Toan (from Mumbai, India)
Translated by Chung Anh